If we really want to find the steps of the deers, we have
to go from Ulus to Uluyayla, to the mountains.

Anyone who sets out with the urge to discover,
knows well that one encounters new aspects of nature
when leaving the main road behind and taking to
the side roads. The Bartin-Safranbolu road, where
the branches of trees unite overhead to form yellow
tunnels, offers such an opportunity. Firstly you
should turn at the signpost for Ulus when you reach
Abdipasa, 25 kilometres after leaving behind the
greenish-brown waters of the Bartin river. After
another 11 kilometres, when you reach the village
of the Boz Ulus Turkmens, who migrated here centuries
ago, you should search for footprints of deer in
the garden of Hasandede mosque, which is full of
leaves blown by the wind. If you are curious about
the presence of deer’s footprints in a mosque garden,
let us explain: this building, which is the oldest
mosque of the village, was built by Hasan Dede,
who was rumoured to have come from Horasan.